The biology of osteocytes

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Kogianni, Giolanta ^b   Noble, Brendon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MOLECULAR MARKER; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

APOPTOSIS; BONE MATRIX; BONE REMODELING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; HUMANS; OSTEOCYTES;

EID: 34250731183     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-007-0007-z     Document Type: Review

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